Corbould

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATION 'ROBINSON CRUSOE'

1793 · 1562 — Original artwork. c.1793. Original watercolour illustration depicting "Friday bathing the ankles of the Spaniard whom he had rescued from the Savages" from Volume II p. 48 of Cooke's 1793 edition of 'Robinson Crusoe'. The central watercolour oval mounted to another sheet of paper with monochrome wash decorative borders. Titled in ink to the foot of the decorative border "Robinson Crusoe". Signed in pencil to the foot "Corbould". 13cm x 8cm. Framed and glazed in a modern decorative giltwood frame measuring 30.5 x 24cm including the frame. There is a small nick to the blank upper margin otherwise condition is very good indeed the watercolour remaining clean and the colours fresh. An original illustration by the artist and illustrator Richard Corbould 1757-1831 for Cooke's 1793 edition of Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe'. </p><p>Born into the well-known Corbould family of artists and illustrators Richard Corbould exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts 1777-1811 and the British Institution 1806-17. From the early 1780s he was employed mainly as a book illustrator one his most notable works being the illustrations he provided to the publisher Charles Cooke's series of 'pocket editions' of English classics issued between 1793 and 1802. [Original artwork]. unknown